Airport Expansion

Greg Hands: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent representations she has received on the expansion of Heathrow airport and London City airport.

Jim Fitzpatrick: The Department has received many thousands of responses to the "Adding Capacity at Heathrow Airport" consultation which examined a number of Heathrow expansion issues. This closed on 27 February and all the responses are currently being analysed we expect to take policy decisions later this year.
	London City airport has submitted a planning application to Newham council to increase the number of flights from its current level. In view of the Secretary of State's quasi-judicial role in the planning process, it would not be appropriate to comment on the merits or otherwise of this application.